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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>ISAIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 5
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The Lord’s vineyard (Israel) shall become desolate and his people be scattered—Woes shall come upon them in their apostate and scattered state—The Lord shall lift an ensign and gather Israel—Compare <a href="2_ne/15">2 Nephi 15</a>.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 15: 1 (1-30)."><span class='smallcaps'>Now</span></a> will I sing <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/1b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE The prophet composes a song or poetic parable of a vineyard, showing God’s mercy and Israel’s unresponsiveness.">to</a> my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/5/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 101: 44 (43-58).">vineyard</a>.  My wellbeloved hath a vineyard <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/5/1d" mark="d" type="D" title="IE in Israel.">in</a> a very fruitful hill:
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And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
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And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
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What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?  wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Israel.">wild</a> grapes?
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And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 21: 43 (33-44).">vineyard</a>: I will <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 24: 19.">take</a> away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; <i>and</i> break down the <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/5/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="Prov. 24: 31; Lam. 2: 7 (6-7).">wall</a> thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
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And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
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For the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Vineyard of the Lord.">vineyard</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts <i>is</i> the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/7b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR justice.">judgment</a>, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/5/7c" mark="c" type="D" title="IE a riotous or raucous outcry.">a</a> cry.
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&#182; Woe unto them that <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Covetousness.">join</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Micah 2: 2.">house</a> to house, <i>that</i> lay field to field, till <i>there be</i> no place, that they may <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/5/8c" mark="c" type="D" title="IE be left to dwell alone. The wealthy landowners absorb small farms of the poor.">be</a> placed alone in the midst of the earth!
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In mine ears <i>said</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, <i>even</i> great and fair, without inhabitant.
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Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 45: 11.">bath</a>, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
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&#182; Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, <i>that</i> they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Drunkenness.">wine</a> inflame them!
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And the harp, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/12a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB lyre.">viol</a>, the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/12b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB drums.">tabret</a>, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/5/12c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Rebellion.">regard</a> not the <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/5/12d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ps. 28: 5 (4-5).">work</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, neither consider the operation of his hands.
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&#182; Therefore my people are gone into <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Bondage, Spiritual.">captivity</a>, because <i>they have</i> no <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/13b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Knowledge about; TG Knowledge.">knowledge</a>: and their honourable men <i>are</i> famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
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Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/14a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB noise, or uproar.">pomp</a>, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
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And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/15a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR haughty.">lofty</a> shall be humbled:
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But the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts shall be exalted in <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/16a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Judge.">judgment</a>, and God that is <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/16b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lev. 19: 2; Josh. 24: 19.">holy</a> shall be sanctified in righteousness.
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Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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Woe unto them that <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/18a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB entice, or pull.">draw</a> iniquity with cords of <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Vanity.">vanity</a>, and sin <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/5/18c" mark="c" type="D" title="IE They are tied to their sins like beasts to their burdens.">as</a> it were with a cart rope:
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That say, Let him make <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 5: 18.">speed</a>, <i>and</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Pet. 3: 4 (3-4).">hasten</a> his work, that we may <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/5/19c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Sign Seekers.">see</a> <i>it:</i> and let the counsel of the <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/5/19d" mark="d" type="D" title="IE They will not believe in the Messiah until they see him.">Holy</a> One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know <i>it!</i>
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&#182; Woe unto them that call <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Evil.">evil</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/20b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Discernment, Spiritual; TG God, the Standard of Righteousness.">good</a>, and good evil; that put <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/5/20c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Darkness, Spiritual.">darkness</a> for <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/5/20d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Light.">light</a>, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
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Woe unto <i>them that are</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Wisdom.">wise</a> in their own <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/21b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Pride.">eyes</a>, and <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/5/21c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Prudence.">prudent</a> in their own sight!
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Woe unto <i>them that are</i> mighty to <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Drunkenness.">drink</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/22b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Word of Wisdom.">wine</a>, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
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Which <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Injustice.">justify</a> the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/23b" mark="b" type="A" title="Prov. 17: 15.">wicked</a> for reward, and <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/5/23c" mark="c" type="D" title="IE deprive him of his legal rights.">take</a> away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
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Therefore as the fire devoureth the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 47: 14.">stubble</a>, and the flame consumeth the chaff, <i>so</i> their <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="Job 18: 16.">root</a> shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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Therefore is the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Indignation of.">anger</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> kindled against his people, and he hath <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/25b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Access to.">stretched</a> forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases <i>were</i> torn in the midst of the streets.  For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand <i>is</i> stretched out still.
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&#182; And he will lift up an <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/26a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Ensign; TG Millennium, Preparing a People for.">ensign</a> to the nations from far, and will <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/26b" mark="b" type="E" title="OR whistle; i.e. signal for the gathering; Isa. 7: 18; 2 Ne. 29: 2 (13).">hiss</a> unto them from the <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/5/26c" mark="c" type="A" title="Deut. 28: 49.">end</a> of the earth: and, behold, they shall <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/5/26d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Israel, Gathering of.">come</a> with speed swiftly:
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None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
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Whose arrows <i>are</i> sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
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Their roaring <i>shall be</i> like a lion, they shall roar like young <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Deliverance of.">lions</a>: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/29b" mark="b" type="A" title="3 Ne. 21: 12 (12-13).">prey</a>, and shall carry <i>it</i> away safe, and none shall deliver <i>it.</i>
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And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if <i>one</i> look unto the land, behold darkness <i>and</i> sorrow, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/5/30a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG World, End of.">light</a> is <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/5/30b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Darkness, Spiritual.">darkened</a> in the heavens thereof.
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